Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was subpoenaed Wednesday for records that House Democrats say could illuminate causes of widespread mail delays as well as what led him to propose agency cutbacks.
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The Second Circuit paused enforcement of subpoenas seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records for an ongoing grand jury investigation, in a brief ruling on Tuesday.
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House Democrats cannot use the courts to enforce subpoenas, the D.C. Circuit ruled Monday, dealing a critical blow to an investigation of President Donald Trump from the chamber.
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Accusing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of repeatedly refusing to cooperate with its investigations, the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Friday it is launching proceedings to hold him in contempt.
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U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy drew subpoena threats Monday at the House as he dodged questions about operational changes like the reduction of mail-sorting machines and clawback of postal worker overtime in an election season poised to bring unprecedented mail-in ballots.
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New Jersey’s high court ruled Wednesday that Newark did not have the authority to delegate investigative powers, including subpoena power, to a newly created civilian police review board.
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Shadowed by his longtime association with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, ex-Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner has been dragged into bitter litigation between attorney Alan Dershowitz and prominent accuser Virginia Giuffre.
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Calling the subpoenas of President Donald Trump overbroad and “illegally harassing,” Trump’s attorneys complained Monday that New York prosecutors have yet to specify the scope of their financial probe.
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Denying criticism that Republicans keep the Kremlin happy by questioning the origins of the Russia probe, Senator Ron Johnson announced Monday the first of at least 30 subpoenas he will serve the FBI.
Read moreArkansas prisoners on death row may subpoena the state of Nebraska for information about the existence of known and available alternatives to Arkansas’ method of execution that would significantly reduce the risk of severe pain, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
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Delivering a blow to the Trump administration, the full D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that the House Judiciary Committee can enforce its subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed Judicial Watch’s request for the disclosure of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s subpoenas to telecommunications providers as part of its impeachment inquiry into the activities of President Trump.
Read moreA Seattle judge is asking for more information before ruling on a police subpoena directed at the city’s five major media outlets seeking images of potential suspects in the torching of police cars and theft of weapons in the vehicles during a May 30 protest.
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One week to the day that the Supreme Court overwhelmingly rejected a claim of absolute immunity, New York prosecutors told a federal judge Thursday that President Donald Trump seeks the same backdoor relief for actions taken when he was a private citizen.
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Less than a week after the Supreme Court’s resounding rejection of absolute immunity claims, President Trump on Wednesday revealed his path forward in the probe of his tax returns for a New York criminal investigation.
Read moreThe Supreme Court ruled in two cases related to revealing President Donald Trump’s financial records Thursday, decisions which legal scholars said were generally unsurprising outcomes consistent with legal precedent.
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Over objections from Democrats who called the probe a political stunt, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted Thursday to approve subpoenas as part of a broad inquiry into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation.
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A civilian commission tasked with oversight of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department voted unanimously Thursday to pursue legal action against Sheriff Alex Villanueva, a day after he defied a subpoena to testify on measures to protect incarcerated people against Covid-19 infection in county jails.
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Ramping up an investigation tied to the president’s political rival, a Republican-led Senate committee voted Wednesday to issue the first subpoena related to Hunter Biden’s role at a Ukrainian energy conglomerate.
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Supreme Court arguments stretched for more than three hours Tuesday with few hints from the justices on how they will resolve multiple subpoenas over President Donald Trump’s financial records.
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